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Assertion : Human ancestors never used their tails and so the tails expressing gene has disappeared in them.
Reason : Lamarck's theory of evolution is popularly called theory of continuity of germ plasm.

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(a) If both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

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(b) If both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A

C

(c) If A is true and R is false

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(d) If both A and R are false

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